Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cincinnati, OH Crime Grade
How Cincinnati grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Ohio — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
10/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cincinnati, OH was 774.7 per 100,000 residents (2,450 incidents over a population of 316,260). That puts Cincinnati Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 173% above the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Cincinnati #3,580 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #205 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Cincinnati, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Ohio Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 774.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,580 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #205 of 213
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 316,260
- Reporting agency
- Cincinnati Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cincinnati Police Department (FBI ORI OHCIP0000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cincinnati, OH
Also known as
- Losantiville
- Sinsinati
- Covalts Station
- Queen City of the West
- Porkopolis
- Fort Washington
- Queen City
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cincinnati (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cincinnati vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 833.6(2,545) | 842.9(2,594) | 742.8(2,299) | 854.6(2,663) | 774.7(2,450) |
| Murder | 29.8(91) | 24.0(74) | 22.0(68) | 22.1(69) | 20.6(65) |
| Rape | 80.6(246) | 88.1(271) | 75.6(234) | 62.3(194) | 48.1(152) |
| Robbery | 205.4(627) | 208.0(640) | 206.5(639) | 232.7(725) | 189.7(600) |
| Aggravated assault | 517.8(1,581) | 522.8(1,609) | 438.8(1,358) | 537.5(1,675) | 516.3(1,633) |
| Property crime | 3319.3(10,134) | 3765.9(11,590) | 4302.0(13,314) | 3864.6(12,042) | 3588.8(11,350) |
| Burglary | 575.2(1,756) | 612.2(1,884) | 622.0(1,925) | 552.6(1,722) | 553.3(1,750) |
| Larceny | 2263.3(6,910) | 2499.3(7,692) | 2462.8(7,622) | 2424.9(7,556) | 2334.2(7,382) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 480.8(1,468) | 654.1(2,013) | 1217.2(3,767) | 887.0(2,764) | 701.3(2,218) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cincinnati, OH Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Cincinnati Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Cincinnati calculated?
- Cincinnati's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Ohio state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Ohio cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Cincinnati Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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